Improvement in ohuens



@uitrit tats datritt @ffice GEORGE CLAYTN AND COLLS B. ALLEN, 0F WILLOUGI-IBY, OHIO. .Letters Patent No. 73,503, dated January 21, l1868.

- IMPROVEMENT IN GHURNS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONCERN Be it known that we, GEORGE CLAYTON and COLLIS B. ALLEN, of Willoughby, in the county of Lake, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chiirns; and we do hereby declare that the following is a. full and com-plete description of the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings making part of this description, in which- I Y Figure 1 is u. front view.

Figure 2 is a. side view.

Figure 8 is a. top view.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the different views presented.

A represents a triangular frame, consisting of the bottom board A and posts B, the posts being braced in position by means of cross-rails B', which rails also support the bottom hoard. C is a metallic frame or railing, passing from one to the other of these posts, by which it .is supported, the space between the two front posts being left open, so as to give lan easy access* to the churn D. Fig. 2 is a standard, projcctingupfroin the frame C, the upper end of which forms a way or guide, N, aslot being cut in said standard, in which the cross-head b moves. E is the crank-balance wheel, the shaft of which has its bearings in the standard, a small cog-wheel,

F, being secured to the other end of said shaft. This wheel gears into a.` larger wheel, G, which also has its bearings in the standard. Secured to the balance-wheel by means of a slot and wrist, a, is the pitman J, the other end of which is secured to the cross-head b and shaft I of thc churn, the churn I-I resting on the hoard A', as indicated. In the upper end of the flasher-shaft I are the holes c, .which are to vary the length of the stroke of said shaft by raising the pin d, and moving it either up or down, as desired. A

As the churn is operated by means of the handle L, which operates the balance-wheel by first giving motion to the cog-wheels G F, the dasher is made to move rapidly in the chui-n, thereby agitatiiigthe cream in an easy and thorough manner, hence reducing the labor of churning by bringing the butter in a very short time.

The frame of the churn being constructed of metal, it is in consequence strong and durable, and the shape of the same is such as to give the operator easy access to the body of the churn, and the greatest convenience in handling the same.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent', is- A The special construction of the triangular frame A, standard D, as arranged in 'combination with the churn H, when operated in the manner as and'for the purpose set forth,

GEORGE CLAYTN, COLLIS B. ALLEN.

Witnesses T. M. GORDON, J. A. ALLEN. 4 

